緘

缄
jiān
  1. letters
  2. to close
  3. to seal

CEDICT

seal

Wiktionary

  1. 捆綁箱篋的繩子。
  2. 書信。
  3. 量詞。計算信件的單位。
  4. 捆綁、捆紮。
  5. 閉。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

椷 jiān
  1. (wooden) box
  2. cup
  3. old variant of 緘 jiān
  4. letter

Containing this entry

三緘其口 sānjiānqíkǒu
  1. (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. tight-lipped
椷 jiān
  1. (wooden) box
  2. cup
  3. old variant of 緘 jiān
  4. letter
緘口不言 jiānkǒubùyán see 閉口不言 bìkǒubùyán
緘默 jiānmò to keep silent

Related entries

函件 hánjiàn
  1. letters
  2. correspondence
音訊 yīnxùn
  1. letters
  2. mail
  3. news
  4. messages
  5. correspondence
你收到他的音訊了嗎?

Have you heard from him?

Source: Tatoeba

合 hé
  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 hé
猪肉不适合我。

Pork doesn't agree with me.

Source: Tatoeba

合上 héshàng to close (box, book, mouth etc)
合上书。

Close the book.

Source: Tatoeba

合攏 hélǒng
  1. to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc)
  2. to bring together
  3. (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
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